GEOSTAT Summer School in Bergen

Next week NHH Norwegian School of Economics will host a summer school aimed at PhD-students and researchers of environmental and GIS (geographic information system) sciences.

12.06.2014 - Ed.

The GEOSTAT Bergen 2014 Summer School is 9th in a series of summer schools organized by R and OS GIS developers and enthusiasts. GEOSTAT aims at PhD students and R-sig-geo enthusiasts in a range of environmental and GIS sciences, with a special focus on analyzing spatio-temporal gridded data in R and connected OS GIS software.

The participants will learn how to import and organize space-time data i.e. time series of points, lines and rasters and how to program statistical and geographical analysis using a combination of R and OS GIS functionality.

Professor Roger Bivand at the Department of Economics is in charge of the official program and GEOSTATs local organizer.

Period: 15 June (Sunday) to 22 June (Sunday) 2014

Place: The school will be hosted at the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen Norway. The course will benefit from streaming facilities in NHH's new building, as all sessions are streamed free worldwide.

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